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Jerome R. Hoffman

Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles

Publications -  144
Citations -  8424

Jerome R. Hoffman is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blunt trauma & Emergency department. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 144 publications receiving 7344 citations. Previous affiliations of Jerome R. Hoffman include Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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Validity of a set of clinical criteria to rule out injury to the cervical spine in patients with blunt trauma. National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study Group.

TL;DR: A prospective, observational study of a set of clinical criteria that can identify patients who have an extremely low probability of injury and who consequently have no need for imaging studies, which identified all but 8 of the 818 patients who had cervical-spine injury.
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Ethnicity as a Risk Factor for Inadequate Emergency Department Analgesia

TL;DR: This paper found that Hispanics were twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites to receive no ED pain medication (crude relative risk [RR], 2.12; 95% confidence interval [Cl], 1.35 to 3.32;P=.003).
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The STROCSS statement: Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery

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TL;DR: The development of the STROCSS guideline (Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery), consisting of a 17-item checklist, is described and it is hoped its use will increase the transparency and reporting quality of such studies.
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STROCSS 2021: Strengthening the reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery

TL;DR: In order to maintain relevance and continue upholding good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery, this paper aimed to update STROCSS 2019 guidelines, which were developed in 2017 and updated in 2019.
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A Prospective Multicenter Study of Cervical Spine Injury in Children

TL;DR: The NEXUS decision instrument performed well in children, and its use could reduce pediatric cervical spine imaging by nearly 20%.